Image Consultant and City College Instructor, Kelly Armstrong impacts the lives of low-income students with a summer program that teaches them how to dress for success.
The Images and Stories from the Black Community are mostly negative. What has happened to "fair and balanced" reporting? Why don't the good news stories of minority communities hit the airwaves? The San Francisco NAACP raises concern and calls for media accountability.
Asian Week of San Francisco writes article about Sp5 Wyley Wright and his family assembling in San Francisco over the July 4th Weekend 2010 to honor him.
ave, save, save on time, money, gas and parking at this year's 38th annual Harvest Festival Original Art & Craft Show at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Read More
Good Times. Good News from Richmond. Read More
While the U.S. and Vietnam Celebrate 15 Years of Bilateral Relations, A Family gathers in San Francisco to commemorate a Fallen Hero Who Would Have Returned to the U.S. via San Francisco. The July Family Reunion honors Sp5 Wyley Wright who died while serving as honor guard for Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.
Dr. Watkins shares an example that racism still has to be contended with although there is a Black President leading the United States of America, Home of the Free and Land of the Brave. Read More
Jacquie Taliaferro covers Cannes yet again. The 63rd Cannes International Film Festival opened with "Robin Hood" by Ridley Scott starring Russell Crowe,Cate Blanchett, and William Hurt. This is the third big budget American film to open Cannes in five years. Read More.
The Mexican Heritage Corporation (MHC), the non-profit producer of the annual San José Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival, today announced the organization's selection by Santa Clara County to receive a grant for a new summer program providing nutritious meals and music and dance instruction at three summer camps in San José this year. The grant is funded through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Contingency Funds and administered by the YMCA of Silicon Valley. The grant contract amount is in excess of $800,000.
Just as the First Lady of the United States of America, Michelle Obama, a few weeks ago turned the eyes of the world back to Haiti to remind everyone that the work as a result of January's earthquake is not complete. LaHitz@Cannes and the Cannes 24 Hour Film Challenge will challenge the film and entertainment industry gathered at Cannes to remember the Haitian people. Jacquie Taliaferro and Steven Kimbrough are asking the film industry to continue to use its creativity to help and also asking people of the world to do what they can by helping Haitians who are helping themselves such as Jimmy Jean-Louis founder of "Hollywood Unites for Haiti" and Dr. Joe DeMertine founder of ServiMed Haiti. Read more!